Christopher Kelly

The former CEO of Chicago's fired red light camera vendor, Redflex Traffic Systems Inc., pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges that she helped orchestrate a decadelong $2million bribery scheme to win and grow the largest automated traffic enforcement program in the nation. Karen Finley, 54, of Cave Creek, Ariz., is accused of conspiring to funnel cash, lavish vacation trips and an Arizona condominium to now-retired city transportation manager John Bills. In the 16-count indictment handed down last month, Finley was accused of hiring Bills' longtime friend Martin O'Malley as a Redflex consultant in Chicago to act as a conduit for the bribes. The Tribune has...

Related "Christopher Kelly" Articles

The fate of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is in the hands of a federal jury at his corruption retrial. U. S. District Court Judge James Zagel instructed jurors on the law following closing arguments by the lawyers and then sent them from the courtroom at...